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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2023
Dauntless Labs, Llc, Austin, TX (US);
Ranjeev K. Singh, Austin, TX (US);
Dauntless Labs, LLC, Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
Devices and methods related to a mobile device requiring identity-related information to unlock a lock in one of two modes for unlocking the lock are described. A current state of the lock can be changed based on an exchange of information, via a wireless interface, between a mobile device and the lock. The exchange of information includes a use of a sharable digital key associated with at least one of a set of persons authorized to change a state of the lock. The exchange of information is configurable to operate in a first mode or a second mode. In the first mode, no identity-related information from at least one set of persons attempting to change the state of the lock to is required. In the second mode, identity-related information from at least one of a set of persons attempting to change the state of the lock is required.